New Guinea Force (Port Moresby) – Major General Basil Morris (19 May 1941 – 31 July 1942) / Lieutenant General Sydney Rowell (1 August 1942 – 30 September 1942) / Lieutenant General Edmund Herring (1 October 1942 – 29 January 1943)
7th Division – Major General Arthur Allen (18 April 1941 – 14 November 1942) / Major General Alan Vasey (temporary) (14 November 1942 – 23 February 1943)